Video: The Big Ethics Needed for Big Data

Is the skills gap in the social sciences and challenges with data access limiting the potential for big data to be put to “good” use?

In this taped debate from the United Kingdom’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Festival of Social Science, Katie Metzler, head of methods innovation at SAGE Publishing, moderates a panel that includes Maria Fasli, director of the Institute for Analytics and Data Science at the University of Essex; Slava Mikhaylov, professor of public policy and data science at the University of Essex;, Jonathan Gray, lecturer in critical infrastructure studies at Kings College London; and Ian Mulvany, head of product innovation at SAGE. They discuss how the academic community, could better utilize big data for optimum impact in a world where examples of big data being used to maximize profit and cause harm are making headlines around the world.